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IAP 2011 Activities by Category

Engineering: Hands-on

Build a Hybrid Vehicle Powertrain
Anna S. Jaffe
Mon-Fri, Jan 7, 10-14, 05-07:00pm, N51-137A

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 01-Jan-2011
Limited to 8 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Permission of instructor

This class will introduce series hybrid vehicle architecture using VDS' current vehicle prototype chassis ArchiMITes. Team members will help to assemble a small generator, electric motor, controller, battery pack, battery management system and CAN solution. Participants will work in teams of two, each team being responsible for a different component. The class will focus on optimizing integration of pre-selected parts with the goal of a rolling chassis by the end of IAP. The course will meet five times for a lecture styled session where each team will introduce their respective subsystem. Participants in the course are expected to have previous experience with at least one subsystem to participate in the course.
Web: http://vds.mit.edu
Contact: Anna S. Jaffe, 554, ajaffe@mit.edu
Sponsor: Edgerton Center

Build a Small Radar System Capable of Sensing Range, Doppler, and Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging
Dr. Gregory L. Charvat, Mr. Jonathan H. Williams & Dr. Alan J. Fenn, Dr. Stephen M. Kogon, Dr. Jeffrey S. Herd
Mon Jan 10, Fri Jan 14, 21, Mon Jan 24, Fri Jan 28, 10am-12:00pm, 56-114

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 07-Jan-2011
Limited to 24 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Participants supply their own laptop with MATLAB installed

Are you interested in building and testing your own imaging radar system? MIT Lincoln Laboratory is offering a course in the design, fabrication, and testing of a laptop-based radar sensor capable of measuring Doppler, range, and forming synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images. You do not have to be a radar engineer but it helps if you are interested in any of the following; electronics, amateur radio, physics, or electromagnetics. It is recommended that you have some familiarity with MATLAB. Teams of three will receive a radar kit and will attend a total of 5 sessions spanning topics from the fundamentals of radar to SAR imaging. Experiments will be performed each week as the radar kit is implemented. You will bring your radar kit into the field and perform additional experiments such as measuring the speed of passing cars or plotting the range of moving targets. A final SAR imaging contest will test your ability to form a SAR image of a target scene of your choice from around campus, the most detailed and most creative image wins.
Contact: Dr. Gregory L. Charvat, (781) 981-3122, gregory.charvat@ll.mit.edu
Sponsor: Lincoln Laboratory

Engineer Your Own Bacteria: Creating Circuits in Biology
Yunxin (Joy) Jiao, Leanna Morinishi, Shawn Pan, Crystal McKenzie
Mon-Fri, Jan 7, 10-14, 17-19, 01-04:30pm, Stata Biolab

Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 05-Jan-2011
Limited to 10 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: None; interest in synthetic biology a plus.

Ever wonder if you could re-program cells to do whatever you wanted? With synthetic biology, the possibilities are endless! Synthetic biology provides a unique opportunity to combine knowledge from electrical engineering, biological engineering, chemical engineering, and biology. This hands-on class will take you through the process of constructing DNA circuits, and by the end of IAP, you will create a bioluminescent bacterial lamp! Optional special workshops will also be held for those interested in more advanced topics, such as computational modeling.

Lab space is limited to 10. Lecture is open to all.
NOTE: You must sign up through the website to be in the class.
Web: http://openwetware.org/wiki/SynBUM:IAP2011
Contact: Yunxin (Joy) Jiao, Next House 571, (305) 766-1434, yjiao@mit.edu
Sponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Health and Wellness Innovation
John Moore MD
Wed Jan 12, 11am-06:00pm, E14-244
Wed Jan 19, 01-03:00pm, E14-244
Wed Jan 26, 11am-03:00pm, E14-244

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 05-Jan-2011
Limited to 30 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: desire to build prototypes

There is an outstanding need for technology to improve the delivery of healthcare and to help individuals to take greater control of their health and wellness.

This IAP activity aims to mentor the development of prototype projects. Students will be encouraged to innovate in the areas of chronic disease management, disease prevention, healthy habit formation, and psychological and social wellness. There will be an emphasis on empowering individuals and communities with tools that allow them to contribute as active participants in their care.

The activity will begin with a hack-a-thon in E14-6th floor on Wednesday January 12th from 11am to 6pm. Project examples will be demonstrated, the group will brainstorm novel project ideas, teams will be formed, and project ideas will be refined. Teams will work on the projects for two weeks and will present their prototypes on January 26th.

A number of resources will be available for students including a secure system for storing patient data, Android phone and tablets with working application examples, and health sensors such as a weight scale, blood pressure cuff, blood glucose monitor, etc.
Web: http://newmed.media.mit.edu/projects/
Contact: John Moore MD, E14-274G, (617) 452-5533, jom@mit.edu
Sponsor: Media Arts & Sciences

Inventors! Make the Most of MIT
Maura Hume
Wed Jan 26, 05-06:00pm, 32-141

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

Are you a problem solver, inventor or innovator? Please join us for a panel discussion and an insider’s point of view on how to make the most out of your time at MIT! Learn more about the people, opportunities and resources available to inventive students at MIT, and hear how others have used them to develop their inventive careers.

Moderator:
Joshua Schuler
Executive Director, Lemelson-MIT Program

Panelists:
Ed Boyden
Assistant Professor, Media Lab

Erez Lieberman-Aiden, PhD '10
2010 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize Winner
Fellow, Harvard University Society of Fellows

Trevor Shannon
Senior, Mechanical Engineering

Danielle Zurovcik
PhD Candidate, Precision Engineering Research Group
Contact: Maura Hume, 32-141, (617) 258-5798, mhume@mit.edu
Sponsor: LEMELSON-MIT PROGRAM

Learn to Build Online Labs with LabView and iLabs Workshop
Kimberly DeLong
Mon Jan 10 thru Thu Jan 13, 09am-04:00pm, 1-150

Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 11-Jan-2011
Limited to 20 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)

Learn to Build Online Labs with LabVIEW and iLabs
LabVIEW is a graphical programming language focused on scientific and engineering applications. In this four day, hands-on course, you will learn the fundamentals of LabVIEW programming , with focus on data acquisition, instrument control, signal processing, and data display. LabVIEW and the iLab Shared Architecture can be used to easily build fully featured remote laboratories (more details during the seminar).

This event is open to students, staff and faculty who are interested in learning more about LabVIEW and iLabs. Attendees are encouraged to bring a laptop, if possible, and will receive a copy of the student version of LabVIEW.

Participants will have the chance to get the first level of LabVIEW certification (CLAD) for free.
Contact: Kimberly DeLong, 9-329, x3-8651, kirky@mit.edu
Sponsor: Center for Educational Computing Initiatives

Zero Robotics Spacestorms
Prof. David Miller, Dr. Alvar Saenz Otero
Mon-Fri, Jan 4-7, 10-14, 18-21, 24-28, 10am-12:00pm, Room 35-225, Kick Off Meeting, 1/4, 10 am


If you liked 6.270 or would have liked to take 6.270, please join us in creating the first robotics competition that is truly out of this world. Zero Robotics Spacestorms, sponsored by MIT Lincoln Laboratory, is an international STEM competition for middle/high school and university students to be conducted on the International Space Station (ISS). Spacestorms builds upon MIT’s Zero Robotics (ZR) competition (patterned after First Robotics) whose third, nation-wide competition was held on December 16, 2010 and broadcast live from ISS in 10-250. ZR allows students of all ages to program the MIT-developed SPHERES satellites on ISS in head-to-head competition. Using LEGO Mindstorms, ZR Spacestorms will add modular hardware of your design, including mechanisms, sensors, and structures as well as new programming challenges and competition games. If you would like to be at the forefront of a new dimension in STEM education, design spaceflight hardware for ISS, work with NASA engineers and astronauts, invent new robotics concepts, or all of the above, please come to our kickoff meeting on January 4. We accept students from all MIT departments and years and expect a commitment of roughly 16 hours per week. While we will formally meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays, we can accommodate your schedule. We are seeking volunteers as well as students seeking 6 units of P/F credit.
Contact: Dr. Alvar Saenz Otero, alvarso@mit.edu
Sponsor: Lincoln Laboratory
Cosponsor: Aeronautics and Astronautics


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